Greetings! My name is Jerome and in May 2019 I graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Asian Studies and concentrating in Peace and Conflict Studies. Twenty-two days after graduation I flew to Los Angeles, California to begin the next chapter of my life, a Peace Corps Volunteer, serving in the People’s Republic of China as a Teacher of English as a Foreign Language.
The hope for this blog is it becomes a method for me to keep friends and family updated on how my life is going in China and for anyone who is curious about being a Peace Corps volunteer in China, that this blog is helpful reading about my experience. * Accountability is important, and I promise to hold myself accountable, making time to blog at least once a week. The first ten weeks will be difficult as I will be training daily, however once I am settled at my site in August, then I will be able to consistently hold myself to this standard.
This blog is a work in progress, an independent project I hope to mold and grow overtime. At times I may go back over prior work to edit and reword posts. I decided to title this project “Flipping the Page” because this new journey will be me metaphorically flipping the page in the book that is my life. Each day, each new experience is a line we write in the story that is our lives. However, oftentimes it is easy to get stuck on a page, allow past experiences to dictate how we act in the status quo or to allow ourselves to become consumed with something we cannot change. “Flipping the Page” is my personal collection of stories, pictures, and videos of coming to terms with graduating from college and moving on with my story.
Moving on and flipping the page does not mean leaving all that has helped shaped me into the individual I am today. However, it means through discerning my past, I am utmost thankful for everyone and everything, especially the past four years at the College of the Holy Cross. My college years flew by and I would not change a single moment of it, because I cannot. Instead of wasting time guessing if I made the right choice or thinking of something as a regret, I am left satisfied. It does not matter whether an action was right or wrong, but rather now, after it is all said and done, I am thankful I simply made a choice because that choice, whether the outcome was positive or negative, was a choice that I was able to grow from.
These next two years in the Peace Corps will be filled with choices and opportunities for growth. Thank you for those who will be joining me on this journey through staying in contact, reading my posts, and keeping me in your thoughts. I oftentimes think of home, family, friends, and especially those I care about in my life, I look forward to sharing my experience with all of you.
*DISCLAIMER: The content of this website is mine alone and does not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Government, the Peace Corps, or the Chinese Government.
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